Notes

Here is a link 2 'Rufus' = the USB installer iUsed ~>
https://rufus.ie/en/

iAlways try 2 use portables first, so my settings R less tied 2 N E particular device ~>
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/download/v4.3/rufus-4.3p.exe

Note: iDon't remember if it was the portable version from the official site or 'Portableapps' 1 ~>
https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/rufus-portable

BTW: I run mainly Windows XP, so it would have been the 'Legacy' version
= "rufus-2.18p.exe v2017-11-07 13:39 = Rufus 2.18 (Portable Version, Last version compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista)" ~>
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/download/v2.18/rufus-2.18p.exe

https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/rufus-portable
= Note that is the newer 'No XP! =P' version =;-o
More direct . . .
https://portableapps.com/downloading/?a=RufusPortable&s=s&p=&d=pa&n=Rufus%20Portable&f=RufusPortable_4.3.paf.exe

Old versions 4 'Portableapps.Com' style Rufus R heer =) ~>
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Rufus%20Portable/

& the 'XP OK =)' Version ~>
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Rufus%20Portable/RufusPortable_2.18.paf.exe/download
More direct . . .
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Rufus%20Portable/

Note, there R many other 'bootable USB programs & a big problem with Rufus is it pretends it can't format 'large' USB sticks with FAT32, which is totally absurd because U can run many terabytes on it, & it's INFINITELY better than NTFS in so many ways, like not super-loaded with extra 'parameters' bull$hit that makes it way SLOWER & LESS RELIABLE than FAT32, like if U get an 'error' on disk say with a bad shutdown or something, FAT32 partitions of the same size finish 'fixing' literally more than 10X faster than NTFS via 'chkdsk' & so on. NTFS seems basically more like a big joke 2 purposely sabotage computers, kind of like the fake 'Blue Screen Of Death ("BSOD") XP or later operating systems from Micro$oft pretend they R 'protecting' the $ystem or something, when even 'old trash' like Windows '98 would simply try 2 install whatever 'driver changes' were needed when they notice the motherboard & chip sets & stuff had changed (like when moving a boot drive to a different computer 2 use it there as the 'system' drive =)

It wood B GR8 if $um1 could mod Rufus so 1) The 'latest greatest' version could run on XP (as it SHOULD! =) & also not artificially limit the FAT32 partition size, AND enable user selection of the cluster size 2, like the 'FAT32Format' utility does, as this would VASTLY IMPROVE the speed & reliability of the formatting & use of USB sticks created through Rufus over their current (& unnecessary) FAT32 partition size limits. & if they don't think it's 'possible', maybe they can get themselves a multi-terabyte drive & experiment with it using FAT32Format, because iKnow it does work, as iUse it all the time! =) ~>
http://ridgecrop.co.uk/fat32format.htm
http://ridgecrop.co.uk/guiformat.htm
Download link ~>
http://ridgecrop.co.uk/guiformat.exe

Note: People say good things about 'Etcher' but don't seem 2 have a version that werx on XP =( N E 1 know 1 that doz? Or can mod it? =) U can reech mi @ 'balkanguy (at) live (dot) com' =8^D